Overview

• President Emmanuel Macron has instructed the government to draft new, more robust measures to counter the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence in France, following his rejection of Interior Ministry proposals.
• Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau's team insists their proposals were developed in coordination with the Élysée, highlighting internal government tensions over the process.
• Macron expressed frustration over the leak of a classified 2024 report he commissioned on the Muslim Brotherhood, which complicated the ongoing policy debate.
• The president also dismissed Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin's proposal for a high-security district in French Guiana as unserious and insufficient.
• Opposition leaders, including Jean-Luc Mélenchon, have accused the government of islamophobia and political opportunism, overshadowing substantive discussions on the Brotherhood’s infiltration.